Check out the first fully faceted public OPAC at NCSU

Hello,

I haven't seen anyone post a link to the new OPAC at NCSU and 
thought it might be of interest to everyone as it is a rich example 
of the use of facets. 

To get an idea on how well received it is....one student recently 
commented that "The new system is incredible. It would be difficult 
to exaggerate how much better it is than our old online card catalog 
(and therefore that of most other universities). I've found myself 
searching the catalog just for fun, whereas before it was a chore to 
find what I needed."

Link to the new OPAC search:
http://www2.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/?
view=full&Ntt=ranganathan&Ntk=Keyword&N=206305&Nty=1

Guide to the faceted interface:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/index_arrows.html

Press release:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?p=1998&more=1

A few of the blog entries:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/endeca/press.html

If I can be of any help sharing our experiences helping NCSU let me 
know. 

Full disclaimer: I am the founder of Endeca. I wanted to share this 
site as the entire Endeca team is very pleaseed to play a small role 
in inspiring the NCSU students to spend more time appreciating the 
great treasures in the library.

Best,
Steve Papa
Endeca








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